Inspiration: The Miniature Art of Lori Nix

All hand made and no Photoshop

The miniature artwork of Lori Nix is simply amazing and awe inspiring pieces of a alternate reality.  The level of detail that is put into each of Nix's dioramas is insane.  There is no photoshop trickery whatsoever.  It takes patience to do what she does and she must have it in spades.  For anyone remotely interested in miniatures for film or as a hobby you owe it to yourself to read on.

Snipped from Boing Boing:

The twist is that Nix's photos aren't Photoshop manipulations -- they're real images of tiny, painstakingly detailed dioramas that Nix has designed just for this project. Nix built the 3-D scenes in her living room on nights and weekends with the help of an assistant, with each one taking anywhere from two to fifteen months to complete. Nix shot the dioramas on normal 8x10 film, making her minuscule creations -- about 20 x 24 x 72 inches small -- appear nearly indistinguishable from full-size scenes.

To see a slideshow gallery of her artwork click here.

(hat tip to Boing Boing)

Inspiration: Syd Mead

/Film has posted a cool seven minute short video doc called SYD MEAD'S 2019: A FUTURE IMAGINED which focuses on the artist who has worked on such cult sci-fi classics as BLADE RUNNER and ALIENS. 


2019: A Future Imagined from Flat-12 on Vimeo.

Inspiration: Peter McKinstry

You may not know the name but you certainly know and have seen his work.  Concept design and illustrator artist Peter McKinstry has created brilliantly awe inspiring concept art for films such as Harry Potter: The Half Blood Prince to the current Doctor Who series from season 2 through 5 and it's spin-off Torchwood. 

McKinstry has recently started a website showcasing his concept art designs for the Doctor Who series as well as the Harry Potter films and more.  Go here to be amazed and inspired. 

Also take note at some of the differences a movie or TV show goes from a design to what appears on screen.

CONCEPT ART: BACK TO THE FUTURE 2

Someone has been generous enough to share some of the amazing concept art that was created for the props, some seen and unseen, from the film Back to The Future 2.  The entire gallery can be seen here.

As a bit of a sidenote it's interesting to see how the concept art for the Kodak camera was not too far from reality compared to the digital cameras we have today.